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Just scrolling in social media as like regular and got this news in my news feed. This is not surprising to me but as well as it is surprising too, because maximum were young generation whose age 18+. Though any type of gambling is prohibited in Bangladesh, they should be punished. Here, I will pasting the full article,

Members of Rapid Action Battalion have busted a mini-casino and arrested 25 people in separate drives for gambling in two areas of Ashulia in Dhaka.

Acting on a tip-off, a team of Rab-4, conducted a drive in Palashbari area and busted the casino. They also arrested three people red-handed yesterday, said a Rab press release issued today.

All the arrestees are aged between 18 to 45 and have confessed to their crime, said the release, signed by Assistant Superintendent of Police Ziaur Rahman Chawdhury, also an assistant director (media) of Rab-4.

The same Rab team, in another drive at Bolibhadra, arrested 22 more with six sets of playing cards yesterday evening, our Savar correspondent reports quoting Sajedul Islam, assistant superintendent of Rab-4.

Rab members seized an electric casino board from the mini-casino. They also seized 24 mobile phones and Tk 93,000 in cash from all arrestees.

Two cases were filed against them, and all were handed to Ashulia Police Station today, Rab official Sajedul said.

Source- https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh/news/25-arrested-after-rab-busts-mini-casino-ashulia-2077141

18 years of age doesnt really have an issue since this had been the common legal age for someone to deal off with things and also cant be considered a minor.
The issue here is about making out illegal gambling places and activities in spite of the total ban or prohibition.Its just expected that government would
take up actions into those someone who do make out violations and for those who had committed such violation will surely be experiencing those
consequences.Why would really tend to get involved in things that are prohibited? When addiction strikes you then its really that to resist.

These kinds of raids are not new in Bangladesh. They are a Muslim country and that's one of the reasons why gambling is prohibited there. But still, lots of people there doing gambling.

Those mini-casinos are running illegally so they are being taken down by RAB since then. That activity can't be stopped and as reported, there are lots of illegal casinos operating behind the shadow there.

Despite being a gambling-prohibited country, why there are lots of mini-casinos operating there? It's impossible that no corruption involved here or under the table negotiations.

Its really impossible that there would be no corruption behind specially if these illegal casinos had been operating for a while and havent been busted directly which does simply
means that there's someone who are behind the curtains.

When it comes to muslim countries then gambling is haram.
https://www.quora.com/Is-gambling-or-betting-forbidden-in-Islam

In a developing, impoverished, and overpopulated country such as Bangladesh, it is practically impossible to cleanse communities, especially the thickly-populated ones, of gambling. And where there is gambling, there is corruption. Gambling is illegal but in every gambling system, somebody is rich enough to make bribes. If taken seriously, there'd be no casinos such as this. But the wealthy gambling lords could easily slip local officials and police officers juicy backhanders.

On the bright side, at least they're all above 18 years old. Still in general, since the place bans gambling, I suppose the action they took was rightfully taken. Though completely banning gambling seems to have taken a bad turn for them, completely removing something people want would just breed situations where they're just going to push through it without any consequences. And hey, if people have money, they can basically almost do anything imo.

In the first place, I highly doubt anything "illegal" is actually operating far away from those in the higherups. You know what they say, the safest place is right under their noses after all, not to mention they can get free benefits if they handle negotiations well.

That will be the case if the government doesn't do a thing about trying to make some option for the poor people, most of these will be happy and will not stray from crime if they have the means and opportunity to have a job, I have seen this first-hand and most people who got caught will always say the same thing, they don't know where to find the means to make an honest money and government can do a lot to help these people. The problem with gambling is that it clashes with culture and religion of the country but I believe that open minded approach is the best way to go.

The bigger problem is that the illegal gambling operators themselves are oftentimes the ones who could actually do something significant to make the lives of the poor a little better. More often than not, the illegal gambling lords are either government officials themselves or their rich close relatives and friends.

I, too, come from a developing country and I have first-hand experience of local officials who are also the very people running the illegal gambling rings. The policemen, who are the very people tasked to uphold the law, are their cohorts and protectors. The chief law enforcers are mostly, if not all, under the gambling bosses' payroll.

So there's your government leaders. What else could we expect from them?

As you've said gambling is prohibited on Bangladesh. If they are going to join in any illegal casinos, they are going to arrest them regardless of your age. Even if you are in a legal age if the they did the act against the legalization, then expect some punishment.

They cant actually totally vanish the illegal gambling but regulations may control it since Bangladesh impose a law and has a conservative culture.

Looks like some officials don't follow the rules and they want to take some advantage in the current event. if not because from those who tip the higher authority, until now they maybe playing even though it's not legal in their country. surprise raid like that is common especially in the local communities and sometimes it is funny to watch. when you see them run like they are going to serve their whole life in prison.

I think Bangladesh can be considered a third world country knowing its poverty while still keeping laws that don't permit a good developing of their economy and good lifestyle in general.In countries like this,this arrest is a common thing as the human nature does not like opression.

^ Probably it is and it is simple, these places don’t have any authority or valid license to operate gambling activities and offer it to the clients.
The problem with this is that there is a possibility that they are not aware of the regulations within the country and they operated gambling facilities and platforms with ignorance of the law. However, ignorance and not knowing the law will never defend them, they will still become liable for it. I just hope that other gambling facilities and platforms would try their best to comply to avoid these. It is not just a ruined reputation, it is also a shame and a very heartbreaking scene.

Yes, Bangladesh is a third world country. But the economy is growing in every year and GDP as well. Developing plans are huge but corruption is the main concern here for not upgrading the lifestyle as a whole. Gambling and Cryptocurrency both are prohibited here and considered as an offense.

Bangladesh is a over populated country where ninety percent plus people are belongs to muslim family. And your statement is absolutely right, as I am also a Muslim. Gambling is Haram in sense of Muslim religion. Here, in Bangladesh, it is not clear to me that those people who arrested for gambling issues are muslim. Though people are violations the rules of the country too.

Do you mean most illegal gambling operators there are governed by people outside your country or religion? It's possible and the ones who lured are your Bangladesh people.

Like here in our country, most illegal gambling operators are Chinese (not against China but that's a fact) because there is a much more strict gambling law on mainland China that giving them limitations to their operations.

I respect the customs and laws of any country.  Bangladesh is a country where Islam is the official religion.  Gambling is not permitted in this country.  Therefore, the article by the author of the topic did not surprise me. 

However, from the point of view of universal human values, prohibitions and restrictions contradict progress.

As a child, I read stories about Khoja Nasreddin, he is a very wise and intelligent person who lived in the Middle Ages in the countries of Central Asia (Iran, Iraq, Khorezm, etc.).  As far as I remember, Khoja Nasreddin played gambling, namely dice. 

I do not exclude that in the future, gambling will also be fully or partially allowed in Bangladesh. 

If this is not the case, then the youth of Bangladesh can travel abroad to play in the casinos.

Maybe the gambling operators are governed by outside of Bangladesh though I am not sure. Because it is totally illegal and none will do such things publicly. As Bangladesh is also a poor country with vast population, so there has a doubt here to govern a casino by its people. Who knows? It can be too.

It looks like a regular news in countries that have a blanket ban on gambling, once in a while we hear these news popping up here and why cant the government make it legal and earn the tax rather than busting people as it will not help them in any way as they keep on doing these and you cannot stop illegal gambling just by busting one or two casino who is flying under the radar as they keep on popping up and replace that is gone.

I think this is not new, many countries including Bangladesh has laws against illegal gambling. So if you take the risk and then caught specially if you are 18 years old (not sure what is the legal age in Bangladesh). But in any case, you could be tried and put to jail for violating the law. Most countries in Asia have lax law in gambling, it's even reported that many politician also protected these kind of illegal vices, so it's really hard to stop them.

What if those arrested people claims that they were simply playing cards which is not prohibited when there is no money involved?

I am sure that this will be solved when enough money settled to the authorities because corruption and bribe is everywhere so people with money can escape with no pain from such small crimes.

You can just assume but there's also chance that there are people around the place who can finance that illegal activities, those who are willing to take the risk knowing the amount of possibile profits once everything went out accordingly right?

Just like you said, no one knows until certain information will be able to if this news will go deeper.

Money always have the power to control greed people.

Lets say that its a poor country but doesnt mean that there would be no people that wont gamble in spite of that financial reason because once there are people whom know that there are some illegal

casinos are existing then high likely that those people would come into that venue in spite of the risk that theyre taking.For operators behind then this is a big gamble on making out some

financing on making an illegal casino because they are totally prohibited and not allowed.If there's someone on the higher rank or position in the government then its possible and can

really make this illegal casino to run more longer since there's a support behind but its impossible that it wouldnt really be busted up soon.

Do you think authorities will bust something without surveillance? lol.

The operation was planned and monitored for months. It was documented and there are several future plans to take down any illegal gambling activity there.

Try to search for other news about RAB and you will see.

This news has circulated around the world about the arrests of gambling players mini casino 'in Ashulia (https://www.google.com/amp/s/en.prothomalo.com/amp/story/bangladesh/crime-and-law/mini-casino-operating-at-ashulia-for-one-and-a-half-years-rab), Unfortunately, all those arrested are poor, they play with small stakes, this is the umpteenth case of arrests by the Dhaka government, While dhaka is predominantly Moslem, a ban on gambling in Dhaka falls under a government law that prohibits gambling, even though the law says it is a ban, I hope they are not severely punished for their mistakes. There is relief as a warning to them, because they are among the less fortunate, hopefully there is a policy on their case, convenience.

As a low paid police officer in Bangladesh it would probably be a very lucrative business to figure out and strike these sort of gambling operations. I bet there is high demand to join this squad of casino raiders and some of the money probably gets "lost" on the way to the police station. Either way, if you live in a majority Islamic country then it does seem silly to attempt such activities when the laws are so strict against it. Hopefully they are not punished too harshly if they just wanted to play some games and were not causing any harm, it seems like seizing their money in the form of fines or some other low level penalty would be fair. If you can get married or fight for your country in the army (as part of the "young generation whose 18+") then it seems like a bit of hypocrisy to say they are not old enough to make decisions like this.

Gambling is also not allowed in India and it is more populated than Bangladesh, but still there are more and more apps coming up even in front of the eyes of government here but they still don't do anything. It's clearly written there that this game consists risks of losing money, which literally makes it to come under the gambling category but still everything's allowed. So I believe that these arrests won't be too serious and probably be dealt with by the gamblers who will just pay some money and then released.

That's expected if the government has banned gambling, they shouldn't be gambling.

It's plain and simple yet they've still operated and probably the money they're raking there is quite huge. That incident is also a warning to others who have been continuing it despite the ban from the government.

Its their job to implement those rules and laws which it is normal for them to find out into those places who are totally opposing on what they are implementing.
Of course they would really be putting up some surveillance or intel's before they would be making out such action because we know that these gambling place
owners isnt really that something you can easily dealt with specially these are big time ones, you wouldnt know on whose behind been supporting it.
These events cant only be seen on typical places but rather on major parts or places in the globe.

Maybe if these people will cooperate and tells everything, they might be sentenced to a much lighter penalties.

Sometimes the people got caught can turned into witness especially if they have a hint of a big operators doing such things.

These poor people are no different to people from other countries that have no choice but to take risks on that activity as there's money there.

Maybe they don't have complaint thats why they didn't put an action towards it and they don't see it as a threat, if you think it already cost damage to the citizen and know people who's addicted to much on those illegal casino popping up on your country better report it on proper authority so that we can see a good action towards it. But if they will not take an action even if they receive to many complaints well there's a big problem on the government since maybe they paid to protect their illegal existince.

Whatever the age, if it is illegal and also prohibited, moreover if gambling is prohibited and there is a clear law about it in the country, there will be arrested. Like in my country, it is illegal. But, what's about the justice of the punishment that they will get?

And of course, actually, those gamblers or kids may have known about the law, however, it is something common if there is a rule, there is an infringement. And this seems to be very usual happening or they may only need to pay some money and then they're free again. I don't know about the law there.  ;D
In my country, gambling is also prohibited, but we cannot stop gambling because it is like a habit. About the money to pay for the regulation there to avoid being arrested from gambling? About corruption, I think that probably many countries are still the same

this is a very complicated situation that the government should seriously think about if it will continue with this law in the future, because the future is inevitable that more young people start to create more casinos and are interested in gambling. the world is evolving and religion is proving inefficient in solving people's problems, just look at the case of covid-19 that showed that religions that said they cured diseases were all lies because no religion was able to cure covid- 19 and people are watching this closely. That’s why I think the government of Bangladesh should start changing its view of casinos

if this is a long-running prob in their country, why not just legalised the gambling activity? ive read  here  (https://www.bestcasinosites.net/bangladesh/), that horse racing is legal in their country but all the others are prohibited. something is not right. imo, better legalised these other gambling activities and get the tax from it.
 i agree that more then likely, there are under the table negotiations here why they keep on sprouting. because if they will be totally strict about it, i dont think people will be encourage to continue these illegal gambling activities.

There should be a strict verification from casino itself, they must not allow minor age to play casino games. The most liable for this case is the establishment because they're the one responsible for the actions of these young individuals. If they imposed strict requirements from their client casino players, and age will be determined I don't think it will happen to those underaged people.
But, that's with local casino operations and we don't know how rampant is young people bets with gambling using online platforms and they still remained anonymous right now.

When will the countries that ban gambling finally understand? While they're taking away such entertainment from people - underground casinos will keep popping up. They basically have 2 possible decisions: either legalize the gambling business and have control and profit, or ban and deal with such law violations for the rest of their lives, while everything flows out of control and all the money goes somewhere else.
Now, I realize that gambling is prohibited by Islam, but isn't there a way to still make this work? For instance, the Qur’an bans all the games, that are dependent on chance, maybe the governments of Islamic countries could've at least legalized those games, which aren't entirely dependent on chance? That would be at least something.  

There would be something called bribery when those illegal casinos existing for long already even after receiving lots of complaints then theres nothing they can do.

Unless if there would be some immediate action on other governing bodies then that might really be investigated and would be raided down.When it comes to muslim countries then

gambling is definitely a prohibited thing specially in Islam religion so you would really be expecting these but there are people who still trying to violate for the
sake of potential big profits where citizens do still tend to play in spite of the restriction.

The same authorities who are being silent when the black money from the politicians are transferring with no hurdles so its just a target for them to complete not to stop anything intentionally, and Do you think arresting 25 peoples will stop the underground gambling activities in that country or the arrested people will spend their lifetime in jail?

None of the things will happen.

Well! That's pretty much how illegal casinos operate in every country where gambling is illegal. And trust me, in South Asian countries like India or Bangladesh, police already knows where such casinos are being operated. They have weekly/monthly arrangements with the casino owners. There must have been a disagreement between the police force and this particular casino owner on the amount of money or something else and that's the reason why they were busted by RAB.

You will see a similar sight in a city called "Mahabaleswar" in India. In the main market area, you will see a lot of shops are operating casino boards quite openly. Do you think police doesn't know that!! Everything here is an arrangement made between police force and the business owners which is beneficial for both of them! In a country where unemployment is high, such kind of activities will never cease to stop. 

For some obvious case this was just for compilation of those police officers, well, there's a case that they just want to file for promotions and that's the sad reality. They are self-centered and hope karma would take them with such incidents, hoping the gamblers that been busted there only got small charges on them because if they just gamble just for a penny that's too sad if they will be fined for more than that.

The only way to solve that is to improve the conditions of working on those fields and teach children at a very young age about principles and integrity. Also, to put a law that will strike down real heavy on this corrupt people and always reward the integrity of the government officials that enforce the law to encourage destroying corruption. I believe that if we change the mentality of children about corruption then we can probably deter them from growing on the wrong path.

More illegal casinos operate in that country or other countries because people want to make money fast without trying hard. Those young generation does not realize the danger of playing gambling with a card game. They think that playing gambling can give them a chance to make money fast, but they are wrong because they will lose their money at any second and hard to recover the losses.

It is a lesson for us, especially if we have children who grow up to always take care of them and watch out for their environment, not to make a wrong way with their friends.

Because Only Youngsters can have that desperate action in doing such thing .
I'm still asking myself why does Gambling prohibited in Some countries while in Many it is allowed?
Just a Heads up, They are playing just to have fun and not to violate laws the problem is the capacity and the government support for their activities.

I'm sure they know the risk upon joining on gambling site but they ignore it since many of them think that they can double their money more faster if they try their luck to gamble their money. The new generation of gamblers now is so aggressive maybe the pandemic contribute since it creates hope for others to earn money since they don't have any resource known to earn money by quick schemes.

Not because they are trying to earn faster but they are preventing from taxation or they don't feel comfortable in Legal casinos.
sometimes ordinary people felt like Out of Place when going to casinos but instead they wanted to small gambling houses.
18 years old is not a children and they are at many countries are allowable to gamble.

Bangladesh is a third world country if they are able to bribe the police they will be out in no time. The question arises as, why to take such a risk when you know gambling is illegal in that country. I am not sure what was the purpose of sharing this article when you know that those who were caught are at fault. It is these guys who are to blamed and there is nothing to be astonished off, there are many illegal activities happening in the world only a few get caught doing them.

This is an effort of the government to bust illegal gambling, and it's not new, if this country's officials are not corrupt, there will be more of this news we will hear soon, but if they are corrupt thne most likely this illegal casinos are just selected to show that they are doing their job. Actually a lot of casinos now are operating illegally but they have some protection from authorities so they are so confident in continuing their operation.

It would all vary with the government itself on what type does a certain country does have and same as you mentioned that busting scenario would really be that common if the government
itself cant really be bought by any bribe but if theyre corrupt then you would expect that there would be some exclusion and still continue to make out operations.

This is fact or the reality we've been dealing off since from the start and not all government would really be that serious on stopping those crimes if they would saw that they can
really benefit from it.

I am not sure about that. Even if they knew about that, they will still play gambling on the illegal gambling place because they want to make money fast or double their money shortly. I am very worried about the new generation in this era because many can not use the chance to make their lives better instead of ruining their lives. We are still in this pandemic but that does not mean we can not change our lives, especially to earn money. I hope the other young generations will not follow their step and use their time to have a better life.

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No, I do not think that is about taxation because young generations seem to want to have a fast result than to enjoy the process. So they are trying to playing gambling which can help them to make money fast. But they are wrong if they think like that because gambling can not make them rich and have money instead of losing their money fast. But gladly, they were caught by the officers, hoping they do not do the same thing again in the future.

Yes, they are not children anymore, but they still need help from an adult to guide their lives and have a better life in the future. They lack control when they gamble and they can get addicted to gambling anytime. Even if in their country, gambling is allowable, they are susceptible to lose control in gambling.

I suspected this mini-casino runs illegally due to no age restrictions. Not only because of its illegal activities but due to the presence of these young players it caught some attention and especially during this pandemic situation that there are a lot of limitations and restrictions.

This casino finds guilty and they should face the consequences of their violations. This is just to show how the government are really serious busting illegal operators, not only in offline casinos but they are also working in the online casinos as well. This could serves as a warning for the others, they'll soon to catch if they will never stop and cooperate with the authorities.

As I mentioned that Bangladesh is a developing country and corruption is the main problem here. So, there is a huge possibility to buy people with money who are government officials and I believe that they will do it if they I mean outside of people what to do business here. I think it is clear now.

Yes, they are young stars but the rules will be remain same for all. They should obey the government rules first as it is also a cooperation with government. They can do that things at online which can be safe rather than playing offline. Though gambling is prohibited and it is not allowed to play at online but it can reduce your harassment which you are facing now (those 25 people). You quoted that why some countries are not allowed gambling. In Bangladesh, there are many suicidal cases and so many social problems and people are not well educated. Important thing is corruption. Those can be relatable for Bangladesh issues about gambling.

It is the country with the highest density of people living in the City. Main reason for the corruption is the crowd and the lack of opportunity. When there is need, but unable to get fulfilled. This is where people get into corruption, and it is the government's responsibility to take active measures than just making bans.

In many countries people who are 18 are not considered minor and rather the legal age is 18 for Gambling and therefore it would ofc dependent on country to country but at the same time if the law did state all the terms and conditions then the punishment should be able to handle such case in a better way so it does not get repeated, since Many times people would just lay off the leverage and even the authorities are corrupted therefore in the wake of the pandemic's severity it can be missed. I do think that people involved should be thoroughly investigated and if the Government sees that people are gambling despite it being banned they should maybe try and consider making the laws a little more flexible.

18 is already considered as legal age in our country so those who are arrested aren't minors anymore. It's just that they have to pay for what they did since gambling is really prohibited in their country. We have to accept the fact is considered as a crime in some Muslim countries and communities. It has been happening over the years but we can't blame gamblers who are still committing illegal gambling activities because some of them are just finding ways to gamble.

What do you think about legal casinos? Is there any other motivation? If not, why are you so negative about illegal casinos? I think that this kind of thing happens if the state abuses control and taxes, so people prefer to do without it. The best way to fight illegal casinos is through transparent rules for legal casinos and low taxes.

Trust me when I say this, it's better not to even look into such matters and not even think of involving yourself in it else you'll suffer. I said previously that when there are no specific authorities whom we need to contact in order to report, it means that such illegal things are allowed to be done in a hidden way but when a person tries to break the system by going against it and complain to some higher authorities like police or even some politicians who were already bribed by those casinos, then such authorities do bad with the innocent guy. So it's just better to close your eyes and keep quiet till it doesn't touch you, and if it does, fight against it.

I don't blame those gamblers that were arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion squad at least they are over the 18years because the world is currently in economic sh*t and many people will try different means to find their ends and gambling is different from stealing.

I think the best thing the Bangladesh government can do now is to legalized gambling which will generate more income for the country rather than ban every form of gambling.

Ordinary news in my country in mid 2000s  ;D
And earlier, in 90s and early 2000s it was often that one relative killed another for money to gamble  :(
On of my neighboors had done such terrifying thing to his wife after she forbid him to spend money on slots (in my country slots were in every bar and near every small store).   

The major problem here is the religious state of the country, over 90% of the population in Bangladesh are Islamic, and this religion prohibits any forms of gambling. In addition, the politics, laws, and religion are interconnected there. For instance, there are numerous refers to Islam even in the constitution.

On the other hand, I think we live at a time when freedom must be a priority, therefore, all the restrictions should be kept to a minimum. And what of those 10% of the population, which aren't Islamic? It seems unfair for them to suffer the consequences of the ban as well. But that's a very difficult issue and not something that can be easily changed.

Well that is a good thought, instead of banning them that won't help their economic growth why not they will enforce a heavy regulation on each gambling casino and accept those people that have a job will enter the casino. Legalization perhaps is a good decision for them right now instead of prohibiting gamblers or closing casinos. We can't blame the government if they already implemented such rules in their country and perhaps those who are arrested know what they do. It is their fault for not obeying their country's jurisdictions.

With so many online gambling options through crypto currency nowadays I don't know why people keep risking themselves in land based casinos at countries where gambling is forbidden. Anyone can have a smartphone nowadays and internet connection isn't hard to have access too. That is all gamblers need to bet safely with crypto currency and to avoid shameful situations like the one mentioned on this report.

There's just one problem why this has not been eliminated since then. Yes, they were able to spot them but after that, gamblers will still find ways to gamble. Why? It is because the sanction for gambling is a little bit less than what they must take in order to stop totally.

The problem here is that crime of illegal gambling is bailable, and the cost is very affordable to operators that’s why they can definitely go back to operate once they have been released. If Bangladesh could have this crime nonbailable, I think it would be more effective. Or else, they would just continue gambling secretly within their cells.

Because simply there are people whom do really like to play in physical casinos rather than on playing online, lets say that they arent aware but its impossible that they dont
know that online casino exist but they do still choose on having that personal hand on hand experience rather than on just pressing your own phone.
So i cant really blame off those people who wanted to play physically rather than digitally but of course if they do know that it is prohibited
then it would be better if they do try to avoid it as much as possible if they dont like further problems.

Traditional gambling can’t be totally replace by online casinos and if you gamble even thru online if gambling is still illegal in your country then you’re still not safe to gamble. Not everyone will play online even if they have means to do so, gamblers will still go to casinos.

I don’t know if gambling is illegal in Bangladesh but having an 18+ is not an issue since its already the legal age, its just that the authority caught them and they have to face the consequences.

As they like physical casinos they will have to take the risks, occasionally being arrested, paying fines, suffering punishments, embarrassing themselves towards their communities, friends and families. Of course there is nothing wrong about gambling, but as that is how things works on that country, people should choose the less harmful way to keep practicing this hobby without too many negative consequences.
At least for me that wouldn't be a hard choice to pick between physical and crypto casinos.

As far as I know it's illegal with exception of horse racing and lottery.

Simply because people can't be stopped from gambling. Even during the first wave of the lockdown period where curfew and social gathering are prohibited there is still news where people are secretly gathering to gamble. Underground casinos are famous as well not just because it brings a lot of profit but also a lot of people patronize them. Some people are willing to take the risk even if it is prohibited just to satisfy their gambling cravings.

That’s illegal for sure and unfortunately they didn’t succeed on playing secretly and the authority just made in time to arrest those individuals. I know gambling is fun but I wont take any unnecessary action just to play and violate the law whether you’re 18 or not, there’s no exception. I don’t think online gambling is also available in Bangladesh, they have a strong law against gambling.

Probably a rival operation I'd guess, what better way to take out the competition make the cops look good and get some praise and kept busy filling out forms while you liberate the former customers in your now thriving establishment.   Its all nonsense because the demand is the cause not the providers especially.

The legal casino is not a problem, especially if in that country gambling is allowed, so people can play gambling without worry being chase by the officers. The motivation is still the same: making money fast, but the difference is people do not have to worry about anything unless they think about how they do not lose too much money. I am not so negative about illegal casinos because we can not deny illegal casinos in many countries. Even if the state is not abusing control and taxes, the illegal casino can still exist underground and operate without government regulations. It happens in many countries, so the illegal casino attracts many people to try to make money.

This is the truth behind that news. Bangladesh already ranked many times for corruption. A huge number of people involved with corruption directly or indirectly. So, there has a huge possibility of money laundering issue. That's why, gambling and Cryptocurrency both are illegal here in Bangladesh. Maybe it will take time until corruption gets reduced a lot.

That's the risk gamblers have to take if they are in a location where gambling is prohibited, authorities in these countries are good at tracking these gamblers, some of the agencies are even well funded to go after these gamblers and gambling locations, these are the kind of places or countries where illegal gambling and corruption are rampant, there's always money to be made in gambling and the operators knows this, for every country where gambling is illegal expect underground gambling to exist.

Exactly.

18 years old is not young anymore but they are young adult which has the rights to play gambling but still playing in a illegal casino or a place conducting gambling without any permit from the Government is still prohibited. Maybe they are not fond on playing online gambling that's why they do physical illegal gambling instead. How unfortunate of them because they got caught.

Another reason could be is that maybe they were just trying to make money to feed their families and themselves but sadly it turned out on an ugly way.

Thye will have a hard time tracking because you can always use a VPN to hide your identity online, even if they blocked gambling sites, and they need a court order because they can barge into your room, there's too many risks playing in physical casinos, the operators need to find a well-hidden location and they need lookout and they have to pay corrupt officials to protect them.

You see - in fact, the differences between legal and illegal casinos are quite insignificant. If we are talking about the harm from them, then there are no differences at all - both legal and illegal casinos are equally dangerous for players who cannot cope with addiction.
I think it is necessary to competently separate these issues - harm and taxation, as the government is trying to get into this area under the guise of slogans about harm, although it is only interested in taxes.

Yes, I agree that both legal and illegal casinos are dangerous for players who can not manage their emotion and money. The difference between both casinos is legal casino can operate freely without worry about the rules from the government. In contrast, the illegal casino operates in the underground and not many people knowing the places and the owner have support from the corrupt officers.

The government wants the taxation from all business, including the illegal casino, because they know the income from the illegal casino might be bigger than the legal casino. After all, that will include many illegal things, and that can be money launder. If the government can ask them to join with the government, sooner the government can get bigger taxation from the casino.

It understanding that most of the people in Bangladesh are Muslim but I believe there's no religion that supported gambling correct me if I am wrong and in a situation when people will still gamble if their religion or country rules is against it, it good to just legalize it to make money through it and include some restrictions laws.


That's the point their government shouldn't create a certain rule and regulation footing their self-understanding while others are hurt.

And they're still not sure about the physical casino because someone might sing a song to the authorities.

It's all about the money and if the price is right, there will be some folks that's also inside the hidden location that can be paid just to say something that they shouldn't say about the operations.

And that will lead all of them into another raid.

It's to risky playing in a country where gambling is restricted and illegal, because these countries have a ask force or specific police unit that haunts down gambling places and gamblers, so if you are in a country where gambling is restricted, control your urge to gamble if you cannot,  play online where the risk to get caught is much lesser than playing in a physical casinos, be discreet go around telling everyone that you like to gamble.

IMO you'll never know what these people are thinking when you never step on their shoe and why they gamble since it's illegal and forbidden according to their religion. Maybe some people have a change of hearts or something it's just that they find gambling as a way to enjoy.

If Christians/Catholic have their own 10 commandments but people still fail to follow it then it's still the same as the other religions but I wonder if gambling is mentioned in the bible and quran. Maybe there's a huge debate going on in here and I know what are the aftereffects of being in gambling for too long that's why the government really set a precautionary measures to avoid their people of being addicted to it.

You got some point because even if we do say that its dumb to play while its restricted but we dont know on what are the feelings and mindset of those people whom do commit such violation.

Its neither they are really just seeking out for some fun that they havent experienced it way before thats why even they do know its risky but still theyve decided to proceed amidst of the risk
that they can possibly encounter later on but thinking off sensibly then its just nonsense for us on not to recognize it earlier.If you do know that it can give you possible problems
later on then its better to stop while its still early.

There's an alternative to continue if you can't stop the urgency of gambling.

Playing online is one of the best option though the fan sn't the same playing alongside of fellow gamblers but much better than risking
yourself being exposed, aside from those task force that will chase you the pandemic also adds the threat playing with bounch of people
around.

But it is also the chance of corrupt policemen to add income to their pocket that's why the illegal gambling activities is continue rising day after day and this is the same thing why this topic is happening .
Look there are tons of casinos that offers safeties from arrest but people still choose to play in illegal ? why?
because they felt the comfortability when they are those underground places than those who's on ;legal places.
But for me? i would rather play Online even if this legal or illegal because at least the opportunity of being arrested is lower.

There are many restrictions in Bangladesh Cryptocurrency is illegal gambling is illegal people will find a way to do what they like they are publishing this to scare people who still gambling, people will find a way to gamble, this is just the tip of the iceberg there are still many hidden or underground gambling places and there are many playing online.

Then with that, I guess the government will continue to crack down illegal activities, I don't know that crypto is also illegal in this country, I would understand with gambling  but crypto does not mean its only use for gambling, if big countries are adopting or regulating crypto, then maybe they can also do the same as eventually it will benefit the economy of the country.

That is why the underground gambling places will still operate freely because people can find a way to gamble in hidden places. The government will not be easy to search for that places because the place will not share with the common people and only people who are often playing gambling will know the place. The illegal casino itself will be selective to invite the gambler who can play on their place because they are really strict to select the gambler. Arresting those people will not stop the illegal casino in many countries unless the government can catch the boss.

There are certain vices which can't be banned. I am talking about gambling, porn, prostitution, weed.etc. Here in India, all of them are banned. But at the same time, all of them are readily available in every nook and corner of this country. The only ones to benefit from the ban are politicians and cops, who receive huge amounts of bribe in the form of "protection money". Illegal casinos and brothels are being operated by criminals, with tacit help from politicians and policemen.

The government cannot put end to these activities by putting ban on them or punishing the criminals for the offence they have made because main issue with these underdeveloped or developing countries is corruption which cannot be eradicated easily.They might be operating from a long time in Bangladesh.Although gambling activities are prohibited in Bangladesh some illegally operates there through bribes and some other ways and people are also risking themselves to indulge in such activities.The all arrested were 18 years of age but neglence of law is not plea to the court.They will find some other way to operate their casino or with support from some leader they will get bail because money is power in these countries and here we are discussing about such things.

It doesn't add up the threat of playing with many people around, but if a casino busts with so many people inside, the first charges that could be levied on them will be of 'trying to spread Coronavirus' even if none of them have the virus because the pandemic has taken so terrible form that nobody is ready to listen and will ask the addicted people to leave their addiction during the pandemic. Playing online also saves the gambler from going outside and also adding more threat not to his life alone but even putting his family's life at risk.

In most countries, business organizers are responsible for violations in this area, ordinary gamblers receive a fine (as a maximum), so visiting such establishments they risk very little (if you do not take into account the crime such as drugs, usury, dirty money, etc. that thrives there).

this makes illegal gambling continue because gamblers that have a money wont be scare as they can pay when they get caught but why wont they increase the penalty for the gamblers if they are serious of making their country gambling free ? playing online is risky as playing offline because of how modern our time now .
for them to be safe they can switch different hobby and skip gambling till the time it became fully legal

Indeed in Bangladesh even the fines for organising illegal gambling are quite low. Besides, as we know the level of corruption in Bangladesh is quite high, so such problems are solved very quickly and in a few days the same organizers open an underground casino in the same area but at a new location.

They can bribe the officers and I am sure they can easily find the corrupt officers that can help them free from jail or law.
Although playing online gambling is risky as playing offline, that will not stop people from playing gambling because that is happen in a long time ago.
It is hard to stop a gambler from starting a new hobby if they are often playing gambling and do not want to change their gambling habit.
But maybe that is the safe way before they get caught by the officers and get into jail.

True. Forcefully the issues can't be solved. Whenever the world is getting more digitalized, Bangladesh should also follow that consequences. Otherwise, people will use it by other ways and this is the advantage of using Cryptocurrency, none can identify. Gambling and Cryptocurrency both should be legalized here to walk with the digital world.

It wont matter if they completely ban it because sooner or later, people or citizens would eventually find out on gambling on using up crypto.It might not happen
now but when awareness had increased then most likely they would really be ending up with this kind of option.For now the best thing to do is not to deal with
gambling if its completely being restricted or prohibited on a certain country because you would really be having some serious problems if you do get caught
but there are still people who do risk out just to have these gambling experience.

I think this unevenness in punishment is justified. An ordinary person should not understand on what grounds the organization works (legally or not), this should be done by representatives of the state. And at the same time, those who organize illegal business know very well that they are breaking the law, so the demand for them is very strict.

This is what I find ridiculous about any efforts from governments in trying to restrict access to gambling.

Sure, you might be able to bust a couple of unlucky gamblers that frequent these joints. But at the end of the day, what have you achieved? So long as there is demand for these gaming services, they will exist. It's the law of free market economics.

Regulating these entities make a lot more sense from a fiscal standpoint as well as a pragmatic perspective. You can control the edge that casinos have, ensure that they do not cheat, and make a bunch of tax revenue. Win-win.

Maybe they don't want to pay tax because the government officials and authorities there are corrupt. Government only restricts gambling if they can't control it or won't benefit from it. If it is backed by a politician they just ignore it and authorities don't even touch it. This happens to our country so I think the reason why that casino was busted is that the owner wasn't able to pay the high official protecting that casino, the official tipped it to authorities because it will put him at risk if someone reported him that he is protecting that illegal casino.

Well its there lost if they will think about that way since there might be a extortion will happen on legal authorities if they will not comply on legal matters to their casino. For sure corrupt officers will make them as milking cow just to allow them operate smoothly so to avoid this better submit the necerrasy documents for legalities so that bad minds will not use that as a weapon for their own benefits.

Louder. Governments seem to refuse to acknowledge that banning something does not mean that it wouldn't happen. Being in control is a lot better than just removing it from your life. Sure, if it was just a small scale ones like related to our personal lives (addiction to something), it's okay, but as large scale country wise? It's impossible. Honestly, at this point, the only reason I'd actually accept for countries to refuse to gamble is that they're religious-based. It's probably the only reason that doesn't make sense, but since it's religion, it does (no offense to religions btw)

While I do think that gambling should be legal everywhere because if you make it illegal people are going to gamble anyway especially now that gambling online is so easy and you can do it with cryptocurrencies to avoid detection by our local authorities in the case it is illegal, setting up an illegal casino operation in a country where it is illegal is a very high risk, after all this is a business that requires people to know that the casino exist and this will eventually be known by the police and they will eventually get the people behind the operation.

You guys are aware that these are all bribe related right? When you start an illegal casino and reach to 25+ people just jailed, god knows how many other people who gambled there, that means you have been around for a while. And you think Police never heard of it? They of course heard of it, they went there in civil clothes, asked to meet the owner, then talked with them about a good bribe to let them continue their operations, when the bribing finally ended or there was a dispute over how much it was, that resulted with the bust.

This happens in every nation, this happens quite frequently, there are illegal casinos all around the world right now, wherever you are, whichever nation or city, know that there is at least one place that allows gambling, even if it is small that is still true that it is allowed and nobody does anything about it.

That is the likely case that should happen but culture, religion and traditions gets in the way of progress. I believe that if we slowly move away from those things, we can further prosper but we also at the same time preserve it. Also, the government sometimes has benefits from making those bans instead of regulations, they might've been lobbied by companies that will benefit from the bans.

What you describe is incredibly common and as you state it happens everywhere, this is why this is called organized crime, there are crimes that do not require the cooperation of the police but there are other crimes that are impossible to hide and the people behind those operations require the cooperation of the police and politicians to keep going on, it is also possible there was a change in the government and the reason they got caught was to spite the previous administration or that the person now in command of the police is not corrupt.

While you can preserve the beautiful buildings built by followers of religion and keep quirky traditions that might come with it (like Christmas for example), ultimately religion stands in the way of progress most of the time. You will generally find that more educated populations will move away from holding such beliefs. Which is probably as science is about proof through reproducible results rather than blind and unquestioning faith in stories written thousands of years ago. That being said, non-religious societies should allow religious practice so long as it has no impact on the governance of those who have no interest in it. Religious followers should also fall under the laws of a civil society, not seek to create their own society and legal frameworks outside of it. Unfortunately just like in authoritarian governments, the most aggressive and extreme in religions who pretend to be closest to God, get to set the rules. This means heavily religious countries will struggle for a long time to break free from these shackles and Islam seems to have tight restrictions on many things that other countries have deemed acceptable. If you don't like the rules, you have to avoid these countries or take great care when you visit.

Benefit or not then it wouldnt matter because we dont know on whats behind of those decisions that had been set out neither they are benefiting or not and theres nothing we can do about it.
When it comes to regulations then this would really be varying from each government neither they would really be following religion or something that do involves culture or  some sort of things.
When they do make their  decisions then that would really be accompanied by something or where they do get some basis on but to think that there would be more benefits rather than
on negatives then they might really be changing it later on but its really hard to tell on when those things to happen.

Incidents such as this one will serve as advertisement for illegal casinos. There are certain things that the government can't ban. And gambling is one of them. Gambling has existed for the past thousands of years, and it will not vanish just because some government agency brings a law against it. Once in a while, the cops may raid some illegal casino and arrest a few people. But that's going to be it. They don't have the time or resources to arrest every gambler.

Not only that but in the great scheme of things it does not make sense at all, the excuse that governments use to ban gambling is that some people get addicted to gambling and they want to protect them, this on the surface makes sense but what they do not seem to get is that those that get addicted to gambling have a predisposition to do so and they would have become addicted to something else anyway so they cannot protect them, while the rest has to suffer and not participate in an activity they enjoy while the governments receive no tax profits, so banning gambling is an scenario in which everyone losses.

Bangladesh is another case of muslim country which goes against gambling for religious reasons. As we can see the government could increase their income from taxes if gambling was legal and this money could be reverted to the population through public services. Addicted people would exist anyway, the difference would be that they would be playing at legalized casinos instead of clandestine ones.
There isn't much to do regards addiction, because as you said, people have a predisposition that if not manifested in gambling, it will be in another ways like alcohol or drugs addiction for an example.

^ But how can you do gamble if gambling is against your belief, I mean because gambling is against Islamic law and you are Islam. So I am guessing here and probably you will not do for the sake of your religion and not become a sinner. So if you are in an Islam country, we should respect their law and I think that is really punishable for them once you have caught it. Though we know that gambling will boost the government's economic problem, but if it is against their belief there is nothing we can do is do not abide by the law.

In every religion then you cant really expect that majority of people would really be honest when it comes to their beliefs.Some people wouldnt just care if they do oppose on whats stated
into their religion or some sort or doesnt mind as long they would able to play.You could really expect for these places to pop out in spite of the restriction or prohibition neither
those are just casual government decisions or simply talks about something connected to religion.Whatever it is then there would always someone who will build
illegal things for the sake of possible income and there are people whom do surely find it and play no matter what.

There are countries that are also attached to their religion and that's why they're stricter with government rules and it's likely the same to their religious laws.
It's true that it will help them boost their economy but that would be just second if they're also a religious country.

I agree they only create corrupt government officials, gambling operators will always find a way, they are not paying taxes so they will spend funds on paying corrupt officials and thugs to defend them, and since there's no regulation they will entertain even bad elements like drug dealers and pimps because these people are gambling a lot.

Human is unique. They know that gambling is against their belief but they still gambling because they desperate of making money in other ways. They think that it is okay to make money from gambling to fill their daily needs. They do that because they need money to buy food. But still, that is wrong according to their belief because I am sure there will be other ways to make money to buy their food. Some people still do that even if that is breaking their religion and they become addicted to gambling.

Keep in mind guys that each country has rules and regulations and we should respect that. They have rules regarding gambling and these people violates it.

No matter how right we think the way we see that 18+ are suitable for gamble, this is a different country, and that's all in to it

Belief or other religion stuffs is out of this business since if there's money involve for sure people will forget about it, money is root of evil so expect many people will became greedy because many want an instant money and they forget how hard it is and even forget the possibilities that they might lose everything they have.


Rules are their but many people abide it so expect people will just ignore the regulations made by those gambling firms around them, so expect many will still got arrested for doing the illegalities like this since people will still grab due to possible money it can produce if they win.

If people can treat money as what it is, they will not use money as a bad thing or evil because they know how to use money. Yes, when it is about getting money, people tend to become greedy and want more than they already got. Some of us forgot that earning fast money will not be possible except if we ask for money from other people, but that can make us lazy and do not want to find a job. You can make money from gambling, but you must know how to treat gambling, not lose money.

Gambling without losses is impossible. Maybe a few will be there winning at the very beginning and quitting it to use the profit on better businesses. Gambling can be a way to make money, but to attain this one should have self control. When a user is into gambling it is quite hard to see him staying within control.

The chance of losing instead of winning is very high if we choose this field, gambling most of the time suck your money out of your hands.

Those who believe that money is easy inside this industry better to think twice, there are many people who failed to control chasing for an easy access
and they fall to this mistake.

Greedy is the big factor most of the time so better to know how to control.

Its normal for a human reaction to have those kind of things in mind when you are winning if you do know into yourself that you had able to make money on the current thing you are engaging
on which would most likely be result into proceeding and hoping for it to make it more big and as part of human behavior on being greedy then this would be the primary emotions
that will surely pop out on the process which would really lead into those decisions on doesnt really care on getting out when still in profits.
Gambling business wont really be profitable if people do win would really be having that kind of self control.

They know the law for sure and that’s why they are playing on a hidden place unfortunately the authority got a tip from an insider and now they ended up on a jail. Gambling might seem profitable but taking that much risk is not worth it, if its illegal better not to do anything against it and just follow the law to avoid this kind of problem, you can gamble anytime on a legal way just know the law.

Yes, it is almost impossible. But if you can win in the beginning and then stop gambling right away, you are the winner. But it will be related to our greed and how we can control ourselves not to continue gambling. Even if gambling can be the way to make money, we do not have to try it because the risk is too big and we can lose the money before we can make money.

People playing gambling because they see what others get and see some people can win easily in gambling, so they are trying to play gambling. Unfortunately, they do not see their chance and do not control themselves, leading them to lose their money.

Greediness is something that we must control, no matter if we lose or win, because only controlling greedy can prevent us from losing more money.

Gamblers nowadays are getting younger and younger so yeah those Underage is the one who makes it difficult to fight illegal gambling.

Like in my place where street gambling is rampant and the players? mostly youngsters and this is alarming because one of these days maybe our children might be lured by this operators and gamblers.

Unfortunately people have the tendency to believe that everything can be solved and this is not the case, if people just accepted that there is a group of the population that no matter what you do you will never be able to help then gambling will be allowed in most parts of the world, also we need to consider the next, if something is a net positive to society but it produces some undesired aftereffects should we allow it? And the answer is yes, we just have to take a look at cars, many people die in car accidents but since it is such a useful technology we allow it anyway.